Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0fa547e61dd6cb4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 22:18:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 2bdcd7039898da3ec716a48d2bb9bfab SHA-1: 3d9b3624f7377616b4d296480dbf04b93641fe26 SHA-256: 0fa547e61dd6cb4ec12adab08276ca76bf6ed9ade105fa6864ed875032cc1c84
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF was identified as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites, likely serving as a distribution point for phishing or malware. The presence of multiple links on potentially compromised CMS upload directories suggests an attempt to obscure the true destination and evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://3wsystems.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/80035621907.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t8kt2bcik3hl2jrlo1j5ivtsp5/239731263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bartonsteel.com/tony/barton/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79459705560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64c5ca6866afa461c242e245475dd5e7/39569631429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gencshoworganizasyon.com/upload/ckfinder/files/62638196957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/39850772703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/015dd8902e42b2cd53a8992b13ffa365/6126464837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flemisterbauldingfamily.com/clients/8/82/82a21d9598fc66f9117a8fb7222c8fd0/File/wowub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3be00005c8f4b436ca996e790d89f494/mopet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a65f5f44ea11c63686c9423c26c55139/68791518377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyteepee.com/uploadfiles/file/210804041521227787gxj9b1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skidubravy.sk/spravca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mupazej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasvaripalmuzeum.hu/upload/file/36472773346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f10e83d231c---wixogevim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myexamadvisor.com/fck_uploads/files/laziridesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84c463f8467bbedc669d017547ef6c22/63437560855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trhs64.com/clients/c/cf/cfad56e582d93fa9eda51f2516e23bdb/File/35978188861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoalavender.net/upload/files/zujixomovumoretopeveraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjjjsh.com/uploads/files/26989223929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jvl4ed5b1gvouce5nskkvecpg9/wobigizefafigosukorenozot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thediamangroup.com/_images/files/82158040980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study4student.com/cache/fck_files/file/robakedazulotipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/87117509256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luberoff.com/userfiles/file/buxelefaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://houstontca.org/Content/uploads/files/vutekuweketetefax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d834e3951e083aa849826d24924273b/6714130180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=tenancy+agreement+template+pdf+ukPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bda5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDA5 10852 bytes
SHA-256: e13c0cd8b3a11533cc21a0f850b0de048ba08eb463e8725059f18d9d29aa6ee4
font_01_sfnt_off0000d68f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD68F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eea1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA1 15216 bytes
SHA-256: f98412f6fbc3611c052540a342a8f7de362198bc30aece6eed3c7940fc088943